I hate to hear about the hardships! Was a different time back then...the back story is amazing, especially considering the coin was never lost or spent...
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I hate to hear about the hardships! Was a different time back then...the back story is amazing, especially considering the coin was never lost or spent...
About 20 years ago I personally found this fossilized sea creature ... down in a water well I was helping dig ... about 325 feet (100 meters) down from the surface ... in the middle of sub-Sarahan Africa.
Now I ask you... how does a sea creature get buried that far away from the ocean, that far down under the ground? Does anyone know a guy named Noah?
Now I ask you... how does a sea creature get buried that far away from the ocean, that far down under the ground? Does anyone know a guy named Noah?
You’re not going to believe this....
This was my Great Grandfathers....It was his birth year. It has been passed down to the oldest son for four generations....
I’m dead serious, almost identical stories....
As a kid went to Sanibel Island and collected buckets full of Sand Dollars on the sand bars. Drop them in a bucket of bleach for a few days and brush them off...That is what that looks like..Fond memoriesAbout 20 years ago I personally found this fossilized sea creature ... down in a water well I was helping dig ... about 325 feet (100 meters) down from the surface ... in the middle of sub-Sarahan Africa.
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Now I ask you... how does a sea creature get buried that far away from the ocean, that far down under the ground? Does anyone know a guy named Noah?
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A page of my maternal grandfather's maritime records from 1919 through 1922. His ship was lost at sea during World War II.
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My mom worked as a translator for the Allied Forces when they liberated Sicily. I have one of her passes for going to and from the military base, and a letter written by the British army requesting assistance for an American citizen. She worked as a translator from August 15th 1943 through June 30th 1944. She was 17 years old.
This hand made wooden chain was fashioned out of a single piece of wood. It has a captive ball in the end, carved while still within the cage on the end. It was made for my great grandfather, a country doctor in Tennessee. The man who made it for him gave it as payment to my great grandfather for giving medical care to the mans family even though he knew that they could not pay him. The man was in jail and had no means of income so he used his time to make this as payment. It’s one of my most valued possessions.
Yes, times were much different back then. The Indian Wars were still going on when my Great Grandmother was born. I was fortunate to have known her before she passed in 1965. After marrying my Great Grandfather she lived as a white woman, looking back though she did look like an Indian but she stayed indoors a lot and her skin wasn't quite as dark as it was when she was young. My Great Grandfather fought in the Spanish-American War, I have his medals stored away in my safe. The ribbons attached to them are extremely delicate now so I rarely ever get them out.
Wow! That IS cool
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! Our two coins are in nearly identical condition too, they've obviously been taken well care of. But I'm pretty sure my uncle cleaned this one at some point in time, it was never put in a coin case until it became mine.
I KNEW there would be some really cool stuff to pop up in this thread. Amazing stuff and stories to go with them.
